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Stories about birds of land and water (1874)

Kirby, Mary, 1817-1893, Kirby, Elizabeth, 1823-1873 · Hartford [Conn.] : American Publishing Co. · leaf 240

An illustration from Stories about birds of land and water, 1874, leaf 240 — to walk all the same, for it put its head to the ground and used its long neckas a crutch. THE PEACOCK. To see the peacock in its full beauty, he should be viewed in his own land,in the glade of some tropical forest. There he spreads out his tail of dazzlingbeauty, and struts about with his… … THE rKACOCF.. STOJ^IES ABOUT BIRDS. In the forests of Java the peacock wears a much longer crest than else-where, and there is a curious fact to be told about him. There are beautifulpark-like scenes in the island, studded with great trees, and that look verysmiling. But a dangerous enemy is always…

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